Stephen Drew remains unsigned and the Red Sox remain open to bringing him back, but general manager Ben Cherington admitted yesterday that they haven’t talked to the shortstop’s agent since before Christmas.

Appearing on WEEI radio in Boston, the GM said “there’s nothing really to report” regarding any negotiations with Drew and agent Scott Boras, and the Red Sox have a pretty nice fallback plan in rookie Xander Bogaerts.

Drew hit .253 with 13 homers and a .777 OPS in 124 games last season after back-to-back injury wrecked years.

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Why would the Sox contact him? They can wait for Drew to come crawling back. I think the team would be better off giving Middlebrooks, who has the kind of right-handed pure power the Sox need at third, a chance to establish himself, and let Bogaerts play short. Drew would obviously be great for depth or a trade chip, but Negotiation 101 says that they should ignore him until he has no other comparable options.

As for Boras, it’s too early for him to throw in the towel, but this looks like one of his misfires to me.